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Ojai: Talk of the Town

A look at the community of Ojai - an astonishingly beautiful village of 7,500 people perched on the eastern edge of the Pacific Rim. From the people who bring you Ojai Quarterly, Ojai Monthly and Ojai Vortex.

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00:55:56

Surviving Covid19 with Andrew Bradigan

Ojai: Talk of the Town ·

2020/06/24

Andrew Bradigan, former Ojai resident (and the podcast host's son) lives and works in Nashville, TN as a sales manager for Postmates, the food delivery service. In early March, there were several confirmed cases of Covid19. Postmates' 600 employees were moved out of the office and into quarantine, setting up their schedules and living situations to work from home. However, it was too late for young Bradigan, who began suffering night sweats, muscle weakness and shortness of breath. This was

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01:04:06

Talking Ojai With Tennis Legend Stacy Margolin Potter

Ojai: Talk of the Town ·

2020/06/18

Stacy Margolin Potter reached into the top ranks of pro tennis players during a golden age of women's tennis, along with Billie Jean King, Martina Navratilova, Chrissie Evert, reaching #18 in ranking. She shares with "Ojai: Talk of the Town" her deep love of, and long history with, Ojai where she won seven titles at the Ojai Valley Tennis Tournament, the world's oldest amateur tennis tournament. She tells a fun story about getting food poisoning during the tournament and still drawing upon inner

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00:55:57

Johnny Cash's Ojai Sojourn with Mark Lewis

Ojai: Talk of the Town ·

2020/06/10

The film "Walk the Line" won Oscars for both its leads, Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon, as it chronicled a dark period in the Man in Black's life. The film doesn't mention Ojai by name, but he lived five years in the Ojai Valley, high above Casitas Springs. I spend an hour talking with the superb writer Mark Lewis about Cash's many Ojai stories, starting fires in the Sespe, drinking at the Inn, getting drunk with Sheb Woolley of "Purple People Eater" fame. Meanwhile, we unravel another

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00:53:41

Experience & Discovery: The Ojai Music Festival with...

Ojai: Talk of the Town ·

2020/06/04

The 74th Ojai Music Festival will still take place June 11 to June 14, but due to the pandemic, it will occur virtually as we learn from Ara Guzelimian, who takes over from Chad Smith as artistic director after this year's festival. Guzelimian is busy planning for the 75th anniversary festival for June 2021, with minimalist legend John Adams as music director, putting modern American composers in the spotlight. As for 2020's festival, he urges everyone to go OjaiFestival.Org to keep in the loop as

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01:03:02

Journalism, Teaching & Ojai with Nomi Morris

Ojai: Talk of the Town ·

2020/05/31

This episode, Nomi Morris, who teaches writing and journalism at University of California at Santa Barbara, talks about her experiences closing out the semester at UCSB, the challenges of teaching in a pandemic and how this cohort of 2020 students is being shortchanged of the personal interactions that are critical to a well-rounded education. To that point, she says the young people of today don't think about the future in the same optimistic terms as in the past. No one talks about making

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01:03:32

"The Land & The Light" — Conservation Challenges in...

Ojai: Talk of the Town ·

2020/05/24

We check in with Tom Maloney, executive director of the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy, just as the preserve have seen a surge in use (and abuse) from the pandemic. The swimming hole on the Ventura River preserve has particularly seen huge crowds, with trash and graffiti marring that beautiful place such that the OVLC board (full disclosure, of which the podcast host is a member) has made the agonizing decision to hire a security firm close the park to crowds, while leaving it open for recreational

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00:54:06

Nonprofit Challenges in a Pandemic with Jesse Phelps

Ojai: Talk of the Town ·

2020/05/21

Jesse Phelps, media coordinator for the Lakota Peoples Law Project, part of the Romero Institute, has found his work more important than ever during the Covid19 outbreak. The Lakota and Oglala peoples in South Dakota have formed mutual aid efforts to screen people coming into and their reservations for the virus. Given their poverty and lack of access to quality medical care, it is imperative for them to prevent the virus from getting to them in the first place. However SD Governor Kristi Noem

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01:05:31

Sustainable Energy, Barbie dolls & Eleanor Roosevelt...

Ojai: Talk of the Town ·

2020/05/14

Robin Gerber, a well-known author, attorney and president of the Committee for Replacing Oil & Gas, talks about how her group received a $50,000 grant (the first yet) from the Ojai Valley Defense Fund to represent Ojai's interests as Ventura County moves forward with its General Plan. Robin says that fracking, the imminent threat that caused CFROG to form, isn't on the horizon yet, but the situation bears watching. We talk about Upton Sinclair's book, "Oil," from which the Paul Thomas Anderson

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01:08:39

Managing Disasters with Ojai Chamber CEO Jamie Fleming

Ojai: Talk of the Town ·

2020/05/07

Chamber CEO Jamie Fleming joins us to talk about the chamber's role in managing SBA loans and disaster relief during the pandemic. From his extensive surveys of local businesses, he's optimistic that Ojai will gradually reopen this summer, and that the majority of member businesses will weather this storm in one form or another. He's part of a group dealing with responses through the city council and the Ojai Valley Inn, as well. Fleming also talks about the influx of Los Angeles people coming to

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01:09:39

Chef Claud Mann on Cooking Through a Crisis

Ojai: Talk of the Town ·

2020/04/30

In this episode of "Ojai: Talk of the Town," we check in with Ojai's Rotie's co-owner and chef, Claud Mann. A wonderful storyteller, Claud talks about being on the front lines feeding Ojai residents during this pandemic, trying to keep as many of his talented staff employed as possible. Claud talks about the business of restaurants, the low-profit margins, the hard work, and that moment when a chef realizes who he's cooking for, and why. We talk about what Ojai might look like after the stay-at-home

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00:50:09

What Shakespeare Can Teach Ojai

Ojai: Talk of the Town ·

2020/04/21

We check in with Michael Addison, distinguished Shakespeare actor, director and producer, former artistic director of the California Shakespeare Festival and founder of the Bell Arts Factory. In 1603 and 1613, the Globe Theater (and other theaters) in London were closed an astonishing 60 percent of the time due to plaque-related quarantines. It is believed that some of Shakespeare's finest works, King Lear among them, were written during these extended periods of isolation. Addison reminiscences

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01:01:22

Signs of the Time in Ojai, with Mayor Johnny Johnston

Ojai: Talk of the Town ·

2020/04/18

In this episode, we talk with Ojai's Mayor about the local response to the pandemic, the shock to the economy and the subsequent strain on the city's "rainy day" fund. We also talk about the dilemma of promoting social distancing and healthy activities such as hiking in our beautiful backyard, as well as pockets of resistance, herd thinning and his "embers" metaphor linking the pandemic to the Thomas Fire. We talk about our new favorite oxymoron, "disciplined freedom," and the concept of social

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00:56:50

Education in the Age of Pandemic, with Dr. Tiffany Morse

Ojai: Talk of the Town ·

2020/04/18

In this episode of "Ojai: Talk of the Town" we check in with Dr. Morse about the Ojai Unified School District's mobilization in light of the school closure in March. We talk with her about the enormous social needs of the 2,400 students, including basic food and shelter, the district staff's heroic efforts to meet those needs, including providing 650 meals a day. The district is also struggling with technology gaps, getting thousands of students online, the challenges of learning while older

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00:49:58

Dr. Marty Pops on Ojai & Coronavirus Readiness

Ojai: Talk of the Town ·

2020/04/15

We talk with Dr. Pops about the state of readiness of Ojai for the Covid-19 crisis. We talk about Ojai Valley Community Hospital's imminent opening of their continuing care center, acute care center and the community's tremendous support of health care initiatives. Dr. Gus Iwasiuk's incredible surgery to save the life of a man who was skewered by a length of rebar was also remembered fondly. The hospital is also excited to resume the "perfect knee replacements" that are done in Ojai at the new

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00:00:15

Coronavirus & Community. A talk with Dr. Marty Pops.

Ojai: Talk of the Town ·

2020/04/07

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